Greetings, Court fans! This is going to be a lengthy update, with numerous (non-earth shattering, but nonetheless interesting) decisions to report as well as several cert grants. Perhaps because many of these cases where not in traditionally controversial areas, they...
Greetings, Court fans! Justice Souter’s retirement announcement overshadowed other news at the Court last week. Though he is a spring chicken compared to fellow Justices Ginsburg and Stevens (who may be the next Justices to step down), Souter has long wanted to...
Greetings, Court fans! I’m back to bring you the decisions and cert grants from this week. After this batch, we shouldn’t see additional decisions until the week of May 18th. In Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle (08-140), the Court held 6-3 that, when a...
Greetings, Court fans! It isn’t often that the Court hands down a decision of equal interest to the popular press and civil procedure professors, but we got one this week in Ashcroft v. Iqbal (07-1015) – which dealt both with the standard for establishing...
Greetings, Court Fans! Not much to report at the moment, as the Court will not hear any arguments this week or next – so barring another unexpected quick ruling we will probably will not darken your inbox much for the next two weeks. The Court, however, did...
